Sometimes after installing or upgrading 2sxc the user will see a message that the upgrade did not complete. Here's why, and what you must do.
The Installation / Upgrade Process
In general the installation has the following steps
- DNN Wizard which copies files and runs SQL scripts
- DNN Wizard which copies DLL-files - and because of this causes an IIS restart
- Post DNN-Installation scripts of 2sxc - which run right after restart
Post-Installation Cannot Always Finish
Especially the post-installation scripts may need some time / and if the server has short process-timeouts (common on Dev-system) or for other reasons cannot complete it, then 2sxc will realize this :) - and inform you that it needs to continue, once you press the button.
Continue Post-Installation
So 2sxc will ask you to continue the post-install scripts. This may need multiple restarts, if the process doesn't have enough time to finish. We know of cases that needed 3-10x of pressing this button to make sure everything is done. It's not perfect, but it guarantees that nothing breaks because of a faulty / interrupted installation process.
Love from Switzerland,
Daniel